Search This Blog

Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon

It's that time again, it's Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon! This event was started in 2007 with 37 people participating. After Dewey passed away in November of 2008, it was taken on by other book bloggers in her memory and it now has over 400 participants! The idea? Simple, read as much as you can for 24 hours while connecting with other book bloggers and readers around the world.

End of Event Questionnaire1. Which hour was the most daunting for you?
Umm...hours 5-24?

2. Could you list a few high-interest books that could keep a reader engaged for next year?
I started reading The Best Place on Earth by Ayelet Tsabari which is a collection of short stories set in Israel. Very good and I really like short stories for a readathon.

3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the readathon next year?
Nope.

4. What do you think worked really well in this years readathon?
I loved the Twitter involvement on everyone's part!

5. How many books did you read?
1 fully read book. A few short stories. Another book started.

6. What were the names of the books you read?In Calamity's Wake by Natalee Caple, The Best Place on Earth by Ayelet Tsabari, Struggles of a Dreamer by Yahaya Baruwa.

7. Which book did you enjoy most?In Calamity's Wake is a really good book about the story of Calamity Jane.

8. Which did you enjoy the least?
I didn't get far enough into the other ones to dislike them.

9. N/A for me.10. How likely are you to participate in next year's readathon? What role would you like to play?
Highly likely. After this ones fiasco of not getting much done, I'm coming back to the next one with a vengeance!Update #3
Note to self: Next readathon, when husband says "let's go out for a bit," say no. Visiting the inlaws lead to the kids staying over at their cousins house which led to us catching up on Walking Dead Season 3. Which of course, led to very little reading. I have managed to read a few short stories and start a new novel, but nothing much. It's off to bed soon, so hopefully a little more reading before I end my readathon for good. Because when the kids aren't home, I sleep in!

Total Pages Read: 352
Total Books Read: 1
(Still more than I would read on a Saturday so I guess it hasn't been a complete bust for me.)Update #2
It's 6pm EST and this day is definitely not going how I had thought it would. An impromptu visit to the inlaws has turned into running a whole bunch of errands for quite a few people. That's ok though, there's still a lot of time to go!

Total Pages Read: 313
Total Books Read: 1
Recently Finished: In Calamity's Wake by Natalee CapleUpdate #1
Four hours in I'm not where I had hoped to be but that's okay. I had planned to get in a solid 1.5 hours reading at the library while my daughter was at her art class but we got there and it was cancelled. So my reading has been scattered all over the place, but now that the kids have been given their lunch, I should be able to get down to some serious reading.

Total Pages Read: 193
Total Books Read: 0Introductory Questionnaire1. What fine part of the world are you reading in today?
I am in beautiful Toronto, Canada. The sun is shining bright today and the temperature is getting up to 19C today. It's been a painful spring so this is very welcome!

2. Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
I picked a bunch of Canadian books and I'm really looking forward to that however I'm really looking forward to Fahrenheit 451.

3. What snack are you most looking forward to?
We often order in on Friday nights but last night I cooked so tonight could be our take-away night, so I'm really looking forward to pizza and wings tonight. I don't have any snacks actually planned.

4. Tell us a little something about yourself.
I'm a wife and mother who loves Jesus, books, and yoga.

5. If you participated in the last readathon, what is one thing you'll do different today?
This year I picked a couple of collections of short stories to intersperse among the novels. I think this will give me a greater sense of achievement and keep my attention span on track.The Plan
I have chosen five books from my to read pile that I hope to get to today. They are:

Most of my success in the last readathon came from shorter books. So this time around I've chosen two collections of short stories (Clear Skies and The Best Place on Earth) and three other novels that are short in page length. Four of my novels are by Canadian writers, so I'm really looking forward to that.

The readathon starts at 8am EST, so I'll be setting my alarm early. I'll be checking in here throughout the day for updates and mini challenges. Hope to see you all tomorrow!

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sirocco - origin: early 17th century, from Italian scirocco, based on Spanish Arabic sharq meaning “east wind.” A hot, dry wind blowing from east to west; sometimes described as warm, spicy, and sultry.
When the East and the West are combined in the oven, delicious foods are created. In Sirocco: Fabulous Flavours from the Middle East, food writer and self-taught cook Sabrina Ghayour combines the foods she knew growing up in England with the Eastern flavours of her Persian heritage. These recipes aren’t authentically Middle Eastern but they are inspired by the beautiful spices and dishes that come out of the region.
There is an incredible Turkish restaurant not too far from where I live and if I could eat there every day I would. But I can’t, so when I saw this cookbook I knew that it would be the perfect book for a novice chef like me to recreate the foods I love so much from that restaurant. This is a great book for the Western cook that wants to introduce Middle Eastern cuisine to t…

Her whole life Kate O’Brian has been the odd girl out. As the scholarship student at a succession of elite private schools, she’s had to prove she is worth her place all while keeping her past a secret. She’s book-smart and she’s street-smart and she can stand her ground no matter what life throws at her and no matter what she has to do.
Now she is in her final year of high school and she’s attending yet another new school. But she has a plan. She will climb the social ladder and achieve her ultimate goal - a spot at Yale. She just needs to find the right “it” girl who she can use to her advantage. That girl is Olivia Sumner, a wealthy yet troubled teen. She is back at Waverly School to repeat her last year of high school after mysterious circumstances prevented her from finishing. She’s in desperate need of a best friend, and Kate may be the one for her.
But when the handsome Mark Redkin joins Waverly as part of the administration, their world is turned upside down. Mark immediatel…

On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into their high school in Littleton, Colorado and committed what would forever be remembered as one of the worst high school shootings in America. Twelve students and one teacher died and twenty-four were injured before the boys took their own lives.
In the days, months, and years that followed many questions were asked about how such a horrific incident could have happened. People looked for places to lay the blame and they did so everywhere they could find. One of those places was on the parents, and Dylan’s mother Sue completely understands why. For the last sixteen years, she has wondered how her loving and caring son could turn into a hateful and violent young man. She asked herself, like many others did, how could she not have known that something was wrong? She spent years searching for clues she might have missed and answers she would never find. A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy, by Sue Klebold, i…